Reviewers Liked
- Brutal combat
- Tons of loot
- New setting in Middle Earth
- Gaining new abilities is enjoyable
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Repetitive battle scenarios and enemies
- Bland characters
- RPG elements seem forced
- Solo play gets boring
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
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By Strategy Informer
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When you think about a perfect genre for a game based on The Lord of the Rings, RPG comes easily to mind. Just as it’s hard to find a fantasy novel that doesn’t crib something off from Tolkien, it’s nearly impossible to find a fantasy RPG that doesn’t...
By itreviews.com
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Snowblind Studios have to be complimented on creating a new chapter in the Middle Earth story, with plenty of bloodthirsty co-op combat possibilities – but the repetitive structure may cause many to return to the real world....
By New Game Network
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It’s been over seven years since the release of The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and four years since the last substantial Lord of the Rings video game release with The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. Now, as we approach the...
By PC Authority
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One of the great things about Tolkien's Lord of the Rings cycle is that it is, almost literally, just the tip of the rather large iceberg of work he generated when he created Middle Earth. Standing in the mists of time before Frodo and Aragorn are three...
By GameZone
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The story is based on the events taking place in the northern regions of Middle Earth, coinciding with the main story of the Fellowship’s journey to destroy the ring. Though based off of the main story of J.R.R. Tolkien, the game takes more...
By GameSpy
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Pros: Brutal combat; tons of loot; new setting in Middle Earth; gaining new abilities is enjoyable.
Cons: Repetitive battle scenarios and enemies; bland characters; RPG elements seem forced; solo play gets boring.
By PC Advisor
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All in all, War in the North is a perfectly competent beat-'em-RPG, even if it doesn't do much to carve out its own niche in the Lord of the Rings universe. Its strength and weakness is that it's completely inoffensive -- the perfect...
By ign.com
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While it’s admirable that the team had opted to create an original story set alongside the events in the books, you’ll wish that they had attempted to take more risks with the project. The characters are bland and lifeless, and the combat, while fun...
By Cheat Code Central
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I love The Lord of the Rings. The books are among my favorite works of literature, and the Peter Jackson films have become a once-a-year ritual for me. In fact, I'm a little embarrassed to admit it, but I can speak a few choice phrases in both Elvish...
By HardwareHeaven
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The great success of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, in our opinion, is the connection of the reader with the characters plight and social interaction. While War in the North attempts to emulate this we found that our characters revealing very little...
By NZGamer
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The NZGamer.com team gave the console version of Lord of the Rings: War in the North a thrashing and, from this review, you can see it's not a bad game at all. We also were lucky enough to score a copy of the PC version, and with our recent...
By brisbanetimes.com.au
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Players choose to embark on this digital adventure as one of three characters, a human, elf, or dwarf, each with different abilities, weapons and unique powers. As each character gains experience in combat and accrues items, players are encouraged to...
By GamingShogun
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I’ve wanted to do a video game review for a long time. So, when the opportunity finally presented itself, I was at the very least filled with anticipation and excitement. I was handed a copy of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment’s The Lord of the...
By Spieletest
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Das Spiel macht wirklich viel Spaß und das hirnlose Gemetzel ist perfekt um seinem Hirn einmal ein kleines Päuschen zu gönnen. Die Dialoge, die das Spiel unterbrechen, sind nicht besonders mitreißend und man hat das Gefühl, als wären diese ein...
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